Question

Can you help me with this? 2 - -(-1/8) + -7/4

Answer 1

=2- (+1/-8)+-7/4

=2- (+1/-8)-7/4

=2- -0.125-7/4

=2+0.125-7/4

=2+0.125-1.75

=2.125-1.75

=0.375

Answer 2

Hello!

Note that when seeing an odd number of negatives next to each other, it will remain negative, while having an even number would be positive. For example, -- is +, while --- is -.

Based on this information, we can rewrite the equation below.

2-1/8-7/4

Let's rewrite 7/4 out of 8.

2-1/8-14/8

2-15/8

Let's rewrite 2 as an improper fraction.

16/8-15/8=1/8

Therefore, our answer is 1/8.